Behdad Salimi
born 8 December 1989

Behdad Salimi of Iran won the gold in the men's over 105-kilogram category of the weightlifting event of the 2012 London Olympics [7 August 2012]

Nelson Mandela
18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013

First black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

Al Capone
17 January 1899 – 25 January 1947

One of the most famous American gangsters, Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1934 for a tax evasion conviction, he had amassed a personal fortune estimated at $100 million as the head of the infamous crime syndicate.

Al Capone and his attorney in 1929

Matthew Henson
8 August 1866 – 9 March 1955

African American explorer best known as the co-discoverer of the North Pole with Robert Edwin Peary in 1909

Valentina Tereshkova
born 6 March 1937

In 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space aboard Vostok 6

Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space, meets Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, in 1970

Yuri Levitan
2 October 1914 – 4 August 1983

Yuri Levitan is still revered as the voice of World War II.

The announcer of the Soviet radio Yury Levitan speaks about capture of Berlin [9 May 1945]

Ezra Pound
30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972

American poet. Pound advanced a "modern" movement in English and American literature. His pro-Fascist broadcasts in Italy during World War II led to his arrest and confinement until 1958. A number of intellectuals, including Hemingway, later campaigned for his release from an insane asylum, out of recognition of his work, not his sanity.

One of the greatest poets of the 20th century

Ezra Pound under arrest. Photo taken by an American military tribunal in Italy

Anita Ekberg
29 September 1931 – 11 January 2015

Swedish model, beauty queen, actress and 1960s sex symbol, resident in Italy, who is best known for Federico Fellini's film "La Dolce Vita" (1960).

Anita Ekberg dressed up as the devil for a costume ball [1955]

Alfred Hitchcock
13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980

He was nicknamed the "Master of Suspense" for employing a kind of psychological suspense in his films, producing a distinct viewer experience

Gavrilo Princip
25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918

Man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The murder set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I

Astronaut Neil Armstrong readies for his dramatic Gemini-8 flight [16 March 1966]

Roald Dahl
13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990

Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, among other famous works

Annie Oakley
13 August 1860 – 3 November 1926

Annie Oakley was a renowned markswoman. She taught more than 15 000 women how to use a gun

American airman Dewey Wayne Waddell, held prisoner in Vietnam [1967]